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Area of Science:

  • Historical Linguistics
  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology

Background:

  • The Arawakan language family is the largest Indigenous linguistic family in the Americas.
  • Accurate phylogenetic rooting and dating are crucial for understanding the family's history and expansion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify reliable time calibration points for rooting and dating the Arawakan phylogeny.
  • To develop and model a methodology for extracting these calibration points from the archaeological and historical records.

Main Methods:

  • A methodology was developed to extract calibration points from archaeological data.
  • Principles of geographical overlap and material culture continuity were applied.
  • Focus was placed on Arawakan expansion zones with abrupt material culture appearance and single subgroup presence.
  • Historical records, including ethnonyms and lexical data, were used for recent calibration points.

Main Results:

  • Twelve calibration points were identified from archaeological sites within Arawakan expansion zones.
  • Additional recent calibration points were derived from historical records.

Conclusions:

  • The identified calibration points provide a robust framework for accurately dating the Arawakan language family's phylogeny.
  • This methodology can be applied to other large linguistic families with archaeological and historical evidence.